Man 'didn't have the guts,' so friend beat 4 puppies to death with shovel, deputies say

A Tampa Bay area man has been charged with beating four pit bull puppies to death with a shovel.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported that David Lee Thompson, 21, went to a New Port Richey mobile home Friday to help his friend move. The friend and his father began discussing what to do with the puppies since the son couldn't afford to keep them. An arrest reports said the father suggested taking the puppies into the woods and killing them.